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‘Pendulum has swung too far’: Senator pushes for US-style press freedom protections
The Centre Alliance Party is drafting a bill to enshrine US-style press freedom protection in the constitution.
- By Rosemary Bolger, Amanda Copp
- SBS
Key crossbench senators will push to amend the constitution to include a US-style press freedom protection in the wake of two unprecedented police raids targeting Australian journalists.
Centre Alliance senators Rex Patrick and Stirling Griff will introduce legislation proposing an amendment similar to the First Amendment to the United States constitution when Parliament returns next month.
“A constitutional amendment along these lines would put a…